The 10 Greatest New York Shakespeare Theater Productions

According to The Daily News, the list ranges from 2007's Romeo and Juliet (#10) to 2013's Twelfth Night (#1), with a little Al Pacino's Merchant of Venice and Ian McKellan's King Lear sprinkled in.

The list includes two different stagings of Twelfth Night, suggesting that either the critic who selected the list really, really loves himself some Twelfth Night, or quality presentations of Shakespeare's comedies don't exist.

Or both.





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The souvenir t-shirt to James Franco's 'Of Mice and Men' play isn't half bad.

New York Daily News theater critic Joe Dziemianowicz enjoyed the play (easy now, Franco!), but he really likes the souvenir $30 t-shirt for sale in the lobby.

Says Dziemianowicz :

It’s a souvenir shirt that sees the world through Lennie’s eyes — childlike and innocent. Even when the world is anything but.

I noticed the shirt as I was leaving the theater. That’s when a rabbit caught my eye.

Tiny, white and with long ears pointed straight up like side-by-side exclamation points, the critter was staring out at me from a black T-shirt on sale near the exit.

The last time a piece of clothing was this hypnotic to someone was Pippa Middleton's bridesmaid dress, and that didn't even come with a souvenir.




photos: New York Daily News